Curtain-pole.



1. F. HINES.

CURTAIN POLE.

APPLICATION FILED ocT. 4. I9I5.

1,278,348, Y Panted sept 10,1918,

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JAMES E. HINEs'oE CLEVELAND, oHIo7 AssIGNoR, BY DIRECT ANDr MEsNE ASSIGN- MENTs, E ONE-THIRD 'ro JOHN M. sAEvEE AND ONE-THIRD To JOSEPH K. BYE,

BOTH OF COLUMBUS, OHIO.

Application filed. October 4, 1915.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, JAMES F. HrNEs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Curtain-Poles,

. of which the following is a specification.

V pinging the window frame at the pivoted end ofthe poles. Y

These objects and other advantages are attained by the construction and arrangement illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1 is a plan view of two curtain poles showing the pivotal support therefor;

Fig. 2, a perspective view of the same parts showing the poles and bracket parts separated from each other;

Fig. 3, a plan view of the pivotal support showing the relation of the parts when the poles are rotated into various positions; and

F ig. 4, an outer end view of the pole bracket.

Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the drawings.

The pivotal support 1 for the curtain pole, includes the supporting bracket 2 secured to one side of the window frame, and the pole bracket 3 secured on one end of the curtain pole.

The supporting bracket is preferably formed with the base plate 4 having ears 5 on each side with slots or apertures 6 therein, for securing the bracket to the side of the window by means of the screws 7 The supporting bracket is also formed with f the forwardly extending shank 8 which is made of suflicient vertical depth to rigidly sustain the supporting head 9 which is formed on the forward end of the stem.

The vertical journal bearing or socket 10 is formed in the head of the supporting bracket and is made of such a substantial Specification of Letters Patent.

CURTAIN-POLE.

Patented Sept. 10, 1918.

Serial No. 53,919.

length as will securely support the pivot stein 11 of the pole bracket.

The pole bracket 3 is formed with the pendent pivot stem 11 which is made to neatly fit and rotate in the journal bearing 1() in the supporting head, and at the upper end of the pivot stem is formed the annular shoulder 12 adapted to bear and rotate upon Vthe upper end 13 of the supporting head.

The body 11 of the pole bracket extends across the upper end of the pendent pivot stem, and on each end of the body portion are provided two relatively short arms 15 extending' in one direction from the pivot stem, and the two relatively long arms 1G extending in the opposite directions from the pivot stem; which arms are arranged parallel with each other and the corresponding arms are adapted to engage and support the ends of the curtain or drapery poles 1T and 17a.

Each short arm of the pole bracket is provided with a cylindric socket 18 adapted to receive and engage the end portion of the corresponding pole. This arm is preferably made in semi-spherical form, thus inclosing the end of the curtain pole and forming a round smooth end for the curtain bracket.

Each long arm 16 of the pole bracket is cylindrically concaved on its upper side in extension of and coaxial with the cylindric socket formed in the short arm thereof, thus forming a supporting seat for a considerable portion of the curtain pole extending a substantial distance along the under side thereof from the pivoted body portion of the pole bracket. i

The tops and sides of the long arms of the pole bracket are cut away so as to freely expose the tops and sides of the curtain poles, excepting only the extreme ends thereof which are entered and secured in the cylindric sockets in the short arms of the bracket. By this formation of the bracket it is evident that curtains may be uniformlydraped upon the poles throughout their entire length without being obstructed or interfered with by the pole bracket. Suitable apertures 20 are preferablyprovided in the ends of the long arms of the bracket, through which apertures screws 21 may be passed for securing the poles in the seats and sockets formed by the pole bracket.

The parts are so proportioned and arranged that the extreme length of the short arms of the pole bracket are only about half the length of the shank ofthe supporting bracket impinging; the frame of the Window ;Y

and it is also evident that curtains may be draped over and beyond the extreme ends of the poles and their pivotal bracket, and madefa'st to the Window frame, Without being hunched or crushed against the Window frame when the free ends of the poles are swung' away therefrom.

The long arms of the pole brackets are extended a substantial distance along the under sides of the poles, to give suflicient leverage with reference to the ends of the poles `which are secured in the short arms of the bracket, so as to firmly sustain the free ends of the poles from sagging, exccpting as the pole may bend from its own elasticity. Such an extension of the long arms or' the pole bracket is made to compensate for the necessity of making the other arms short enough to permit the bracket and the curtains draped thereover to swing inward Without impinging or bunching against the Window frame.

v I claim Y 1. A pivotal support for the end of a curtain pole including a supporting bracket having a shank with a head thereon, and a pole bracket having a pendent stem pivoted on the supporting head, a cross body on the upper end of the pendentstem, two relatively short arms extending in one direction from the ends of the cross body for engaging the ends of the curtain` poles, and two relatively long" arms extending in the opposite direction from the cross body forming seats for the curtain poles reaching a substantial distance along their under sides from the pivoted body portion of the bracket. A`

2. Ak bracket for 'curtain poles comprising a pendent pivot stem, a cross body thereon, andA two relatively short arms extending in one direction from the ends of the cross body for engaging the ends of the curtain poles, and two relatively long arms extending in the opposite direction from the cross body forming seats for the curtain poles reaching a substantial distance along their under sides from the pivoted body portion of the bracket. f

JAMES r.V HI'NEs.v

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents ea'ch, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, 11G. f V 

